Question - Anyone, besides me, ever quit being a fan of some team?

dmallind's question got me to wondering.

As most of you know, I was a rabid Cowboys fan from the days of Eddie LeBaron (mim wasn't even born yet). But when that Arkie son-of-a-bitch, Jerry Jones, bought them, I quit. I was also a big fan of the Texas Rangers until that other son-of-a-bitch, *, and his enabler, Tom Hicks, became the owners. But now since they are gone I like that team again.

4. Yeah. It was really bad last year. Interminable replay delays for the

5. I few weeks I re-watched a tape

of the 1996 USC @ Arizona State football game and saw in the 4th quarter a USC WR was credited with a touchdown when the ball bounced off the turf then fall underneath an ASU player before the USC receiver reached over and pulled it underneath him.

7. The game just isn't exciting to me anymore...

8. I was born and raised in Northern Illinois, which meant I was a Cubs fan....

... I gave them sons a bitches 20 years of my life and they gave me heartache. As an adult, after the second straight sweep in the division series, I told them to go to hell. I ditched all my Cubs gear (lots!) and told all my friends and family I am done. This came as a shock to many people given the level of my fandom (including license plates). Many still believe that I am secretly a fan, but I am not. I even received a Cubs shirt for my birthday and I gave it to my pal. DONE DONE DONE

Also: When I moved to Cleveland, I had a brief dalliance with the Clowns, but I dropped them quickly after they moved to Baltimore. I am 1000% better for having done it. I love to make fun of the Clowns fans every Monday.

9. Grew up liking the New York Giants...I'm so old there

were no Pats at the time. Always sort of liked the Pats when they came into existence, but the whole fiasco with the Giants bending over for the Manning Crime Family sickened me to much to cheer for them anymore.